96th Pennsylvania Farm Show Reporter's Notebook for Sunday

MUSHROOM MAGIC: After you see the butter sculpture at the 96th Pennsylvania Farm Show, hop a few steps away to the mushroom department.

View full sizeMARY KLAUS, The Patriot-NewsA rabbit made of mushrooms won first place and the $23 award in the Mushroom Centerpiece Arrangement category at the 96th Pennsylvania Farm Show Sunday.

Don’t miss the magnificent rabbit made entirely of mushrooms (along with the blue ribbon it won for its owner) in the Mushroom Centerpiece Arrangement category. The creator of the arrangement won a $23 premium.

FOR THE GIRLS: Eight members of an all-female crew from southern York County competed Sunday in the Farm Show draft horse hitched classes. Some of the crew rode a restored Conestoga-type wagon pulled by two Percherons — females, of course — named Kate and Della.

The horses are owned by Walter Rice, owner of Shining Eye Horse & Carriage Service in Delta. Although the team came in fifth out of seven, the Large Arena crowd loved it.

ALL IN THE FAMILY: Catharine Ache of Bethlehem kept tradition alive by winning the Incredible Angel Food Cake Contest on Sunday with her Angel Food Cake with Raspberries.

Her daughter, Sharon Kurtz of Emmaus, won that competition in 2007.

Kurtz won the Farm Show Blue Ribbon Apple Pie in 2003. Her daughter, Amanda Kurtz of Emmaus, won that competition on Saturday.

RECORD CROWDS: Larry Weaver, state Farm Show Complex assistant director, said 11,015 vehicles parked at the Farm Show Complex lots Saturday.

“Our old record was about 9,700 cars, set on opening day in 2008,” he said. He said nearly 9,000 vehicles parked at the complex lots on Sunday.

THUMBS-UP: Charles Martin of Conestoga took first place in the Farm Show’s first Thumbprint Cookie Contest, beating 60 contestants in the contest sponsored by Christina Maser Pantry of Lancaster.

Martin, whose mother and sister have won numerous baking contests at the Farm Show over the years, made his Christmas Jam Thumbprint Cookies.

BUTTER UP: Susan Corbett, wife of Gov. Tom Corbett, dazzled the crowd taking the governor’s tour Saturday when she stopped at a butter stand, fingered about a half-cup of butter for a few minutes and turned it into a replica of the face of Harry, one of the Corbetts’ Airedale terrier pups.

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